We recently caught up with another inspiring entrepreneur from our inaugural class of American Made Award honorees: Flora Grubb, owner of San Francisco–based garden center Flora Grubb Gardens. Here, Flora let us pick her brain on what it means to be a modern-day maker. What kind of response did you see after receiving your American Made award? [...]
I know that spring is truly under way by the lovely bundle of ramps that our executive editor, Yolanda Edwards, gathers upstate and brings back to us city folk in the office. Last year, I waited too long to do anything more than sauté the wilting ramps in some olive oil and eat them with [...]
We caught up with Kelly English, founder of the company CHEERIUP and the creative dynamo behind these amazing dwellings that she hand-weaves from recycled native willow. We are so intrigued by your magical play nests, how did you come up with the idea for them? Thanks so much! CHEERIUP was born from a perfect [...]
When I was working on “The Writer’s Garden” for the April issue of Martha Stewart Living, I received a box in the mail from Susan Haltom, the garden designer and preservationist who spearheaded the rehabilitation of the Eudora Welty garden in Jackson, Mississippi. She had overnighted a bunch of Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ to me. [...]
On this month’s American Made Series page in Living, we featured Danielle and Bill Hahn of Rose Story Farm. The couple has specialized in heritage American roses since 1998. Have you always had a passion for gardening? I have always had a passion for what comes out of a garden, but had tried to stay away from the dirt and the [...]
Is there a better holiday for Instagramming than Valentine’s Day? The flowers, the sweets, the over-the-top cards and rococo expressions of love… Here’s who we have our eyes on as we count down to V-day. Today’s focus–flowers. Follow us on Instagram @ms_living. @Muguetmuguet @emersonmerrick Tweet
Each winter I look forward to attending Wave Hill’s horticultural lecture series. I always learn something new, plus it’s a chance to look at pictures of beautiful gardens while outside the landscape is cold and quiet. Wave Hill’s director of horticulture Scott Canning opens each talk with a show and tell of a few snips [...]
In our February issue, Stephen Orr introduced us to Marion Brenner, a California-based photographer who expertly captures the character and beauty of gardens around the world. With nearly two decades of experience, she’s bursting with tips and tricks for making green spaces look their best. 1. Equip Yourself For her landscape work, Brenner uses a [...]
This is the perfect time of year to focus on indoor gardening. The holiday hubbub has died down and we all could use something green to get us through the winter (though the days are now getting longer — yay!). I usually give my houseplants a good inspection in January. I want to see which [...]
Even though I grew up in California with a backyard full of navel oranges, Meyer lemons, loquats, pomegranates, and boysenberries, my family didn’t have an actual vegetable garden. So, the first time I ever heard of eating green tomatoes was when that charm-your-socks-off movie starring Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates came out, and I didn’t understand [...]
